Two Sides of the Coin
Self–management
OUTCOME
Manage one’s inner states during discourse.
PROCESS
• Direct members to write one word on a 3 × 5 card indicating how they want to feel at the end
of this meeting.
• Next, on the other side of the card, members write a short phrase or “self-talk” that they will
use to guide their choices and attain their outcomes.
• In small groups and in round-robin fashion (one speaker at a time with no responses or
comments from others) members share side one of their cards.
• Next, in round-robin fashion (one speaker at a time with no responses or comments from others)
members share side two of their cards.
TIPS
• After about an hour, invite members to examine their cards and in small groups, report in
round-robin fashion (one speaker at a time with no responses or comments from others) their
goal, strategy and current progress.
• At the end of the day, members may, in small groups, reflect on their strategies, outcomes, and
transferable learning.